English Explanatory Dictionary

-icity

English dictionary entry

Meanings

suffix
  1. Used to form nouns, denoting a quality or condition, from adjectives, especially ones ending in -ic (in which case "ic" is not duplicated (see -ity)).

Pronunciation

/ɪs.ɪ.ti/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl--icity.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl--icity.wav

Word forms

-icity

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English -icity From -ic + -ity.

Related words

-ability -hood -ia -ibility -itas -itia -itude -ity -ness -ose -osity -ous -ship -th

Derived words

apricity biplicity Cantabrigicity delicity duplicity febricity felicity immundicity infelicity insimplicity achromaticity acoustoelectricity adiabaticity adicity aeroelasticity Afrocentricity alcoholicity allergenicity allotropicity amphiphilicity amphoricity analyticity androcentricity androgenicity Anglicity Anglocentricity anharmonicity anthropocentricity antigenicity apostolicity aromaticity asphericity atomicity atonicity authenticity automaticity autopticity baroclinicity basicity bioelectricity caloricity canonicity carcinogenicity cariogenicity catholicity causticity Celticity centricity cerebricity Christocentricity chromaticity chronicity clastogenicity clericity climaticity complicity concentricity conicity cubicity cylindricity
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